Reinforced railway-tie.



G. A. LE FEVRE.

REINFOAGVED RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.I7, 19I7.

1,295,532'. Patented Feb. 25,A 1919.

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@sones a. LE Enviar; or NEW YORK, N. Y., AssiGNoB. or ONE-HALF To WILLIAM c.

HALLEGK, or NEW YORK, N. Y; l 4

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that'I,

of the `city of New York, county of Queens,

- and State of New York, having invented a new and usefulImproveinent in Reinforced Railway-Ties, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description. M invention relates to railway ties of rein orced concrete or cement and the obof my invention is to produce a simple,

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' strong and durable tie which can be readily Y the tie.

placed, which can be conveniently made point Where it is used, and which is provided `with 'reinforcement disposed in such a manner as crushing beneath the track rails, and also to prevent center bind.

My invention also embodies means for accurately spacing the rails as they are laid on the ties and for preventingL the rails spreading by any possibility.

expand and contract under temperature changes without injury to itself. My tie is preferably made cylindrical tothe end that it maybe rolled Conveniently to the point wheref it is to be used and may have a slight rocking movement' if desired, to compensate for the longitudinal movement of the rails, but certain important features'of my invention can be appliedto a tie of any shape.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

. -Figure l is a cross section through a rail-YV vway track showing the rails applied to a' tie embodying my invention, the tie beingl shown 'in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a view atright shown in Fig.'1.

angles to that Fig. 3 is -a `detail view showing a form of transverse support or reinforcement in Fig. e ,isv a broken `elevation ofthe frame- Spieciication of Iietters Patent.

GEORGE A. LE Fnvnnff a citizen of the United States, and a resident `fof Fig. 6 of thecomplete tie.

to prevent the tie from -My reinforced tie is also preferably made hollow so that it can Y nEINFonoED RAILWAY-TIE.

Patented rieb. 25, icio.

Application sieri August 17,1917. serial No. 186,663. y

work comprising theureinforcement of the concrete or cement tie.

Fig. v5 is across section on theline 5- 5 rig. c is a. brokenpian View of are ne.

Fig. 7 is a broken detailfsection showing especially themeans 4for spacingand bracv ing the rails.

yFig. 8 isa' cross section of `a modified shape of the tie; and

- Fig. 9 is a broken longitudinal sectionv on the line 9-9- ofFig. 8.

The tie is provided with a reinforcing frame-work consisting of parallel rods 10,

' which run lengthwise of the tieand transverse' supports engagingtlie rods, these supports being preferably in kthe form of a 'a spider shown in Fig. 3, having sockets 1 1 to engage the rods 10, arms 12 to support the socketsand a hub 13; The socketmembers 11 areV preferably .formed with twol side pieces 14, which are of malleable metal and may be bent over the rods, as the drawing shows. L v

1t is obvious that the rods 10 caribe of any-shape and that they need not necessarily be exactly parallel and furthermore that the transverse reinforcement comprising a spider shown in Fig. 3 can be ofk any form vwhatever without 'aifecting the invention.

This transverse reinforcement canbe placed W atY suitable points in the framework ofthe .'tie, but is preferably located belowwhere a `track rail cornes on the tie so as to make the tie absolutely rigid at this point andk preventthe Yload on the rails from crushing the tie. f1 'f TheV frame-workccmprising therods 10' and thezconnecting spiders or transverserel inforcement is vplaced in a mold'L and Vembedded in concrete 15, which naturally assumes the shape ofthe mold and is, as `already stated, preferably cylindrical.4 The tiejhas preferably' a hole 16 extending cen trally and `longitudinally through it.A Toprovide and for supporting and spacingV the rai-1s,

for furtherstiffening the tie i' 'l contact Y' With lthe Vlongitudinal reinforce` preferably embed in the surface of the tie, near the ends, T plates 17 which have anchoring flanges 18 extending into the body of the tie and preferably perforated, as S I have shown a rectangular tie having a shown at 1,9 sotliat the ,platescall he thor- `framefwvork like that described l,and with oughly aI'1cl1, red..fv These 'flanges 185sh'o'uld 1' the spider, arranged I transver'selytherein project in betive'enthe arms 12 of the spiders and connected with the longitudinal rods or, in any event, they should not come in l0, as already described. @n the ltop uand bottom of this form" ofl tie,'*fth T=plates 17 ments. This is importantfbecause -Witnmy are also secured, but the flange 20 is omitted construction of tie, the metalfasteningand from .the bottom as specified, and the tie spacing devices at the ends haveno metallic can connect With its supporting rails, as

Work and obviously this arrangement can be carried out With ties of any preferred cross-sectional shape. For instance, 1n Fig.

l, connection with eachother and soeachrailwahjeadyStated.

f apparatus. i

lf; convenience,- th'eebracell shouldA be .dilvided f with'a-series-offholes22-so=that the fastening canbe adjustedsso as: to vhold therails 23 .,nntilithefweb of each railabuts ,lvvitl-ilitscor-1 fyi; responding. brace f and the rails are. then acy cnrately spaced.

and its connecting parts is insulated from In connection with the transverse sreinthe opposite Side SO:gtllai 111y=;GQI1S'1`uG0I1fforcements-andmthe longitudinal rods, a does not interfere With any ordinary signalfurther `bracing or trussing effect can be had by securing brace, rods Sito opposite rods 10 and 4these rods 34 can bearranged --torun `diagonally andinopposite` vdirecrtions, as shown in F ig. 9." .The Aarrangement of the diagonal braces 34 prevents .center bindingV or' the breakingor cracking ofy the tie-:near vthe middle part'thereof.

It will be understood that this-bracing "effect or reinforcingframedescribed can 4 be AL.applied to tiesof any' desired-crosses@- tional shape. f 1t 'Willf'alsobe understood that the `fastening"which I have shown is easy to apply, thatthe rails can be readily placed and properlyy spaced and-thati When placedf'they lcan be Isecurely held.

i 'Attention is `called to the Vfact-thatf-the plates17..-serve 'as- Wear `platesandprotect the ends of the tie,f-and alsovserveffas a We Wearing surface for the rail-supports, and

Each T-plate 17 hasan*eupwardlyextend-y extending inward-- andfadfapted to abut with -thefilange ofi-therails. 23-(\see Fig. .1);-6 ForA bolt can be put through any desiredfoneand through! a. holein the-'flange 20- and thus the braces 21 on the opposite sides ofthe track against an possiblespreading, and furtherracesfact as gagesso that in lay- Y ingfthe Yrails,y theflatteriare simply :shoved up fOhvionsly,l the .rails :can be fastened to ;shown Vthepreferred means lwhich 'is my as kstated-,only one of them-needwbevpro- -i-nventiom lbut which is" nothere claimed.

o11-:the-chairf24='andonr the rail -llange and bolts 27;,ffextendf downward? through4v the I videdivitlr the flange=`20- .2 :Asiillustrated,I each, railsits -on a\chair Attention isvalso called to the fact-that forfplate`-i2tw having thickened underside while I havewshown a preferred formA of 25 shaped to lit the rail top as shown in tie I claim" the right to make the-tie' in any shape Whatever.

1" claim:

p n K 1. A concrete railway tie having' a longicleats 26;."cha1rz21f and 'the-llangesZS- ofthe .tudinally arranged framework entirely em- @straps- QQfWh-ieh'"-areplaeed-belleatlr 1311 beddedtherein, said Vframework'consisting `tier vasY theA drawing shows. "-.Theflanges 28 0f ,transverseV spiders having radial arms `--arei Iturned Aout von-'f-theends ofthel 'straps With ,terminal sockets thereon, and longi- 29aandyin+orderf to pro-videy for a-resilient fconnectiony springs 30-can-be inserted be-y tween the-flanges28 and the nutsof the bolts 27.

jfTo+proVide`f` forzjstill yfurther resiliency,

shownion thewlefthand fside'inFig.' 2 and fithese may -be secured toi thef plate or `chair by bolt/S132 with -afspringf 33wunder the .fvboltfhead, inwhich case' thex chairs 24 are i bolted directly i described.

4v -`The:transverse 'reinforcement'fof- "the tie 'A :plat-escon'v the side portions and disposed tudinally disposedrods resting in the aforesaid sockets.

2. A concrete railway tie having a longitudinal framework entirely embedded therein, f said` framework consisting 'of Itransverse spiders having arms JWith'gs'ocketsfthereon, :the side members' of the sockets being malleable sov that they can b`e -bent around the reinforcing"rods, and reinforc- V g rods longitudinally' disposed inthehtie and resting in-.ltheafore'said sockets.

8. A concrete railwayl tie. having -Wearclamping pieces or cleats 31 can be used as `tothe-stralps529, as already y beneathf-Ithe loadfcarry1ngportions is- 1an" around the surface thereof, saidplates hav- \11mportant-feature fof'f the invention taken* ing each a web extending into the'y tiel in in-connectionff-withi the reinforcing frame-wvhich itl s'fa'ncho'red, and certainrflof the plates having outwardly projecting flanges extending flanges, and longitudinally adfor the purpose spemed. justable braces on said outwardly extending 1l. A concrete railway tie having surface flanges. wear-plates disposed around the end por- GEORGE LE 5 tions thereof, the wear-plates having n- Witnesses:

wardly extending webs anchored n the te WARREN B. HUTCHINSON, and some of the plates having outwardly WILLIAM C. HALLECK.

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